Winds causes health officials to issue warning (UPDATED: 3:45 p.m.)

San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District officials have issued a health warning as a result of the strong, gusty winds currently blowing across most of San Joaquin County.

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San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District officials have issued a health warning as a result of the strong, gusty winds currently blowing across most of San Joaquin County.

They warn people with heart or lung disease to try to avoid exposure to the particles the wind picks up. Officials say winds might produce areas of localized blowing dust, possibly causing unhealthy concentrations of particulate matter 10 microns and smaller, which can lodge in the lungs.